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Today: June 26, 2026

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Australian job vacancies fall 2.1% in May quarter

Job vacancies in Australia fell in the May quarter for the first decline since the middle of 2025, data showed on Thursday, with the largest drops in the finance,

Australian job vacancies fall 2.1% in May quarter
Australia|Business|Crime|Economy|Environment|World

Fortescue becomes latest Australian miner to face sexual harassment class action suit

Australia's Fortescue, the world's fourth-largest iron ore miner, was hit on Thursday with a class action lawsuit alleging the widespread sexual

Fortescue becomes latest Australian miner to face sexual harassment class action suit
Australia|Crime|MidEast|World

Australia's security environment degrading, spy chief warns

Australia faces multi-faceted threats from autocratic regimes, hackers and antisemitic extremists that present a systemic challenge to national security and

Australia's security environment degrading, spy chief warns
Australia|Business|Economy|Finance|World

Australia May household spending climbs 1.3%, reversing April drop

Australian household spending rebounded in May as travel returned to normal after a war-induced drop in April, data showed on Thursday, suggesting consumer demand was

Australia May household spending climbs 1.3%, reversing April drop
Australia|Business|Economy|World

Australia employment rebounds in May, jury still out on another rate hike

Australian employment rebounded in May while the jobless rate ticked lower as expected, data showed on Thursday, a sign of resilience that could support a

Australia employment rebounds in May, jury still out on another rate hike
Australia|Business|Economy|Environment|World

Australia's top export sectors face rising strike threats

Labour unrest has flared up across Australia's resources sector, with its lucrative iron ore mines and ports facing heightened

Australia's top export sectors face rising strike threats
Australia|Environment|Health|Science|World

Australia ramps up bird flu testing as second state reports case

Australian authorities ramped up surveillance and testing of wildlife and livestock on Wednesday after a second state reported a case of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu

Australia ramps up bird flu testing as second state reports case
Australia|Business|Economy|Environment|Finance|World

Australia's central bank still has work to do to reduce inflation, deputy governor says

Australia's central bank has work to do to tame "too high" inflation, a top official said on Wednesday, although he added that lower global oil prices stemming from a

Australia's central bank still has work to do to reduce inflation, deputy governor says
Australia|Entertainment|Lifestyle|World

Guinness crowns Canberra town crier as the world's loudest person at 122.4 decibels

An Australian professional air conditioner cleaner and honorary town crier has been recognized as the world’s loudest person

Guinness crowns Canberra town crier as the world's loudest person at 122.4 decibels
Australia|Business|Economy|Technology|World

AI startup Baseten hits $13 billion valuation as Australia's Blackbird makes record bet

Baseten, a California-based artificial intelligence startup co-founded by Australians, said it raised $1.5 billion in a funding round that valued the company

AI startup Baseten hits $13 billion valuation as Australia's Blackbird makes record bet
Australia|Business|Economy|Finance|Stock Markets

Australia's tax overhaul chills nation's long love affair with property

Just a short stroll from Sydney's famous Bondi Beach, auctioneer Clarence White struggles to drum up bids for an airy three-storey home

Australia's tax overhaul chills nation's long love affair with property
Australia|Business|Economy|Europe|Lifestyle|Technology|Travel

Qantas locks in launch date for Sydney-London nonstop flights as it debuts the custom jet designed for the trip

Qantas locks in launch date for Sydney-London nonstop flights as it debuts the custom jet designed for the trip

Qantas locks in launch date for Sydney-London nonstop flights as it debuts the custom jet designed for the trip
Australia|Environment|Health|Science|World

Australia, last continent without H5 bird flu, detects first suspected case

Australia has detected its first suspected mainland case of H5N1 bird flu in a remote part of the country's southwest, authorities said on Friday.

Australia, last continent without H5 bird flu, detects first suspected case
Australia|Crime|Political|World

Police charge a third suspect in a Melbourne synagogue arson allegedly directed by Iran

Police have charged a third suspect with an arson attack on a Melbourne synagogue that was allegedly directed by Iran

Police charge a third suspect in a Melbourne synagogue arson allegedly directed by Iran
Australia|Business|Crime|Economy|Political|World

KPMG Australia scandal widens after it confirms Optus data was also misused

KPMG Australia staff shared sensitive information about telecom firm Optus with another internal team bidding for an audit contract for its

KPMG Australia scandal widens after it confirms Optus data was also misused
Australia|Business|Economy|Political

Australia softens impact of capital gains tax reform on small businesses after backlash

The Australian government, in a major turnaround, announced on Thursday changes to its capital gains tax overhaul after critics warned the planned reforms would stifle

Australia softens impact of capital gains tax reform on small businesses after backlash
Australia|Crime|Election|Finance|Political|World

Australian right-wing leader Pauline Hanson says multiculturalism has failed

Australia cannot be a multicultural society and immigration policies have put the country in crisis, Pauline Hanson said on Wednesday, as the right-wing

Australian right-wing leader Pauline Hanson says multiculturalism has failed
Australia|Economy|Environment|Science|World

Australia declares El Nino set to be strongest in decades

Australia's weather bureau warned on Tuesday that an El Nino weather pattern has formed in the tropical Pacific and could intensify in the

Australia declares El Nino set to be strongest in decades
Australia|Business|Economy|Stock Markets|Technology

ASX admits to misleading on CHESS software upgrade, agrees to $14.5 million penalty

Australia's ASX admitted to making misleading statements regarding the progress of a troubled software upgrade on Monday, while

ASX admits to misleading on CHESS software upgrade, agrees to $14.5 million penalty
Australia|Business|Economy|Finance|Science|Stock Markets|Technology|World

Australia's richest person Rinehart takes $1 billion stake in SpaceX IPO, WSJ reports

Australia's wealthiest person, mining baron Gina Rinehart, has taken a stake of more than $1 billion in the record-setting $75 billion SpaceX IPO, the Wall Street

Australia's richest person Rinehart takes $1 billion stake in SpaceX IPO, WSJ reports
Australia|Crime|Environment|Health|World

Sydney reopens beach under heavy patrols after shark attack

Sydney's Coogee Beach reopened on Monday under the watchful eyes of lifeguards and jet ski patrols, after a shark attack over the

Sydney reopens beach under heavy patrols after shark attack
Australia|Environment|Health|Science|Technology

Shark attack pushes Australian state to review drone curbs

Restrictions on drones flying over Australia's Coogee Beach will be reviewed by a regulator so rescuers in New South Wales state can monitor for sharks, after an attack

Shark attack pushes Australian state to review drone curbs
Australia|Crime|Environment|Health|World

Woman mauled by shark off Sydney beach grabs onto a lifeguard's paddleboard

A woman has been critically injured by a shark off a popular Sydney beach

Woman mauled by shark off Sydney beach grabs onto a lifeguard's paddleboard
Australia|Crime|Health|World

Woman seriously injured in shark attack at Sydney beach

A woman swimmer was seriously injured in a shark attack at a Sydney beach on Saturday, authorities said, in the latest of a spate of shark attacks off Australia's coast.

Woman seriously injured in shark attack at Sydney beach